Detachable waistband



(No Model.)

J. E. LEAVITTQ DBTAGHABLB WAISTBAND.

No. 578,294'. Patented Mar. 2, 1897.

` UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JOHN E. LEAVITT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO EDWING. OARLETON, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLE WAISTBAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,294, dated March 2,1897.

Application led April 22, 1893. Serial No. 471,372. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, JOHN E. LEAvIr'r, residing in Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inDetachable Waistbands, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters onthe drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to detachable bands for shirt-waists, blouses,and like garments andis especially adapted to be used by children tosupport the trousers, skirts, and like articles of wearing-apparel. l

My present invention has for its object to provide a waist, blouse, orlike article witha waistband, of a construct-ion as will be described,which will afford a greater freedom of movement to the body of thewearer and will relieve the wearer from strain when the body is bent orinclined forward.

In accordance with my invention the waist- 'band for the whole or aportion of its length sers, skirts, or other Wearing-apparel may besecured to hold the same on the body of the wearer.

The particular features of my invention will be pointed out in the claimat the end of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a small boy standing in an upright position andprovided with a waistband embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents asufficient portion of the body of the boy shown in Fig. 1 as bentforward to illustrate the working of this invention. Fig. 3 is adeveloped view of a portion of the shirtwaist shown in Fig. l to moreclearly show the construction of band preferred by me; Fig. 4E, an innerside view of substantially one-half of the band shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5,a sectional detail, on an enlarged scale, to be referred to, the sectionbeing taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 8, looking toward the right; and Fig.6, a perspective View, on an enlarged scale, of

one form of device by which the band is secured to the outside of theWaist.

In the present instance I have chosen to illustrate my invention as applied to the shirtwaist d of a boy provided with trousers a.

In accordance with my invention the shirtwaist d has detachably securedto it a waistband composed in Whole or in part of elastic material. Thewaistband referred to is herein shown (see Fig. 3) as composed of threeparts a? a3 c4, the part d3 being made of elastic material, such as anelastic webbing, cord, or tape, and the parts a2 d4 being preferablymade of elastic material, but they may be made of non-elastic material.

In accordance with my invention the elastic portion d3 of the band,which in practice is designed to lie at the back of the wearer, isdetachably secured to the waist a on the outside thereof, and as onemeans by which this result may be accomplished I may employ thefastening device shown separately in Fig. 6, it consisting of a hollowor tubular portion a, provided with ears a7 as, forming bearings for aspring rod or pintle having its ends 0,9 d10 turned in oppositedirections and engaging arms C412 ali loosely mounted on the said springrod or pintle. The arms @12 a are adapted to be turned up into asubstantially vertical position, that is, substantially at right anglesto the tubular portion, so as to permit the said arms to be insertedthrough a suitable hole or o eninO (115 in the waist as shown in p b aFigs. 3 and 4, to detachably secure the said fastening device to theoutside of the waist a.

The elastic rear portion d3 of the band is designed to be insertedthrough the tubular portion of the fastening and to slide or move freelytherethrough, for a purpose as will be described ,and between adjacentfastening devices the said elastic band has secured to it in anysuitable or desired manner a button b or other suitable device forengagement with the rear portion of the trousers d'.

The parts d2 a4 are subjected to less strain than the rear portion d5,and therefore, if desired, the said parts d2 d4 may be secured on theinner side of the waist d by means of buttons b2, or other suitabledevices, extended through suitable buttonholes b3, the part d2 beingherein represented as provided with IOO two buttons b2 and the part CL4with three buttons. Vhen the parts CL2 CL4 of the band are located onthe inner side of the waist CL, as herein shown, they may be detachablysecured to the elastic rear portion u?, preferably on the inner side ofthe waist CL, by inserting the opposite ends of the rear portion CL3 ofthe band through suitable eyelets or holes b5 h6 and Io joining the endsof the said rear portion to the free end of the parts CL2 CL4, which maybe accomplished by hooks la7, attached to the free ends of the parts CL2CL4, engaging eyes bs, attached to the ends of the rear portion CL3 ofthe band, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5.

The trousers CL', as herein shown, are secured on the body of the boy bythe buttons b b2, which engage suitable buttonholes in the waistbandattached to the trousers, and in the normal or upright position shown inFig. 1 the waistband of the trousers covers the waistband CL, but whenthe body of the boy is bent forward, as represented in Fig. 2, the rearportion or back of the shirt-waist is elevated, while the rear portionof the trousers is not elevated, but remains practically stationary,owing to the elasticity of the rear portion CL3 of the band, which givesor elongates with the forward movement of the body. rIhe elastic rearportion CL3 slides in the tubular portion of the detachable fastenings,and the sliding movement of the said elastic rear portion is limited bystops, shown as enlargements c at the opposite ends of the said elasticrear portion, which enlargements may be made by knotting the cord orband, or they may be metallic or other pieces fastened to the said band,the said enlargements being larger than the diameter or opening of thetubular portion CL and preventing the cord or band CL3 from beingfurther drawn through the tubular portions of the eXtreme or endmostdetachable fastenings.

By the construction of elastic band herein described'the seat of thetrousers retains its originalfullness, thereby permitting the body tobend or move forward freely and unhampered and without subjecting thetrousers to strain. Furthermore, by means of the elastic connection orrear portion of the band between the outside of the waist CL and thetrousers the boy is relieved from compression or cutting action of theband at the front of the body.

lVhen the elastic portion CL3 has been moved so as to bring the stopscinto engagement with the endmost detachable fastenings, as described,the portions of the elastic band between the said stops and the nearestfront buttons (marked 2 3 in Fig. 3) are elongated, and the slightstrain upon the band is transmitted-to the said side buttons, which,being located at the side of the body, does not hurt or inconveniencethe wearer.

I do not desire to limit my invention to the use of a shirt-waist,blouse, or like garment, for the elastic band may be detachably fastenedto the outside of a belt, and for the purpose of the claim I shalldesignate these different wearing articles as a waist-body. Y

When it is desired to wash the waist-body, the band, when constructed asherein shown, may be detached from the waist-body by disconnecting theparts CL2 CL4 from the part d3 and removing the buttons b2 from theirbuttonholes and next unclamping the detachable fastenings by turning thespring-arms CL12 am up into a position substantially at right angles tothat shown in Fig. 6 and withdrawing the said arms from their holesC115.

I claim- The combination with a waist-body, of a band consisting of theparts CL2 CLl secured on the inside of the waist-body, and the elasticportion CL3 detachably secured to the waistbody on the outside of thesame, and connections joining the ends of the elastic portion a3 to theparts CL2 d4, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my' name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. LEAVITT.

Vitnesses:

Jas. H. CHURcHrrL, J. MURPHY.

